by Esther van de Vosse | May 13, 2020 | Research, Research Integrity
In these uncertain times manuscripts on SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 get published at high speed, sometimes as pre-publications on sites at MedRxiv and BioRxiv. This is an important way to share knowledge rapidly in the hope of increasing insight into the disease,...
by Esther van de Vosse | Mar 28, 2020 | Research Integrity
Since I shared an article yesterday about the ‘miracle cure’ for Covid-19 that was published by Didier Raoult my eye fell on another story today. A series of tweets this time, by Katja Baerenfaller (@jaggakatja) from the University of Zurich, about the...
by Esther van de Vosse | Feb 8, 2019 | Research, Research Integrity
I have written in the past about predatory journals and predatory meetings that we all need to watch out for. I receive emails daily aimed at prying money out of my pocket for one of these scams. I also receive occasional mails with another type of scam and thought it...
by Esther van de Vosse | Jan 7, 2019 | Research
When you are reading scientific articles, it may be hard to focus on the message in each one of them. As a result, it may be difficult to, later on, remember the overall message or essential details. Or you may recall an interesting fact, but do not remember where you...
by Esther van de Vosse | Dec 12, 2018 | Publication, Research
As a scientist, one of the criteria your success is measured by is, whether you like it or not, the number of times your publications are cited. It is reflected in your h-index. An h-index of 10 means that ten of your articles have each been cited at least ten times....
by Esther van de Vosse | Nov 15, 2018 | Research
This time a light subject for a science-related blog. It is about upcycling your fabric conference poster. These posters are very easy to bring to a conference as you can just fold them and put them in your suitcase. So they have rapidly become very popular. But...
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